Antislipping attachment for horseshoes.



- Witnesses D. W. SYLVESTER.

ANTISLIPPING ATTACHMENT FOR HOHSESHOES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19. 1915.

Patented. Nov. 9, 1915.

avwamto'o [1W SYLVESTER DANIELL -W..sYLviEsrEn, OECLEMSON COLLEGE, scorn CAROLINA.

ANTISLIPPINGii-XTTACHMENT FOR HORSESHOES.

"Sp'cification of Letters'iatent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

;ApplicationrfiledFebruary 19,;1915. SerialNo. 9,334.

To all whom it may concern:

a Be it known that L DAN EL 1V; SYLv-ns- TER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clemson College, in the county ofOconee and State'of South Carolina, ha'veinvented certain new and useful Improvements :in Antislipping Attachment-s for: Horseshoes,- of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had :to the accompanying drawings.

This inventionirela tes tocertainimprovements in anti-slipping attachments for horseshoes or thelikeyand-aan object of -the invention is to provideaadeviceof this general character having novel and improved means whereby it may be conveniently applied and efl ectively maintainedinoperative position and which may belpro'vided with calks to assure an animal equipped there with from slipping;

The invention consists in the detailswof construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved anti-slipping attachment for horseshoes whereby "certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fuly set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the appended claims.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in perspective of an anti-slipping attachment for horseshoes constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the device as disclosed in Fig. 1, the coacting horseshoe being indicated by dotted lines; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially at the transverse center of my improved device the coacting horseshoe being also indicated in section.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1 denotes the boot or shoe made of a suitable metal or alloy possessing the requisite strength and having its side edges curved to conform to the curvature of the shoe A with which it may coact and having its forward portion straight in order to afford no obstruction to the toe calk C of the'shoe A. Disposed transversely of the boot or pad adjacent its oppositesides are the straps 2 and 3 of arcuate formation with their intermediate portions disposed inwardly. The

rear'or heel strap 2 has its extremities enlarged and provided with suitable openings in order to permit the application thereto of the calks 4. The forward strap 3 terminates in the upstanding and inwardly inclined curved spurs or projections which are adapted to engage over the hoof of an animal and serve as a medium whereby the pad or boot may be maintained in applied position. The strap 3 adjacent its junctions vwiththespurs 0r projectionso is also enflargedias at 6, said enlarged portions being recessed to afford detachable engagement therewith of the additional spurs 7. The rearedge-S of: the boot or pad is recessed and the marginal portion of said recess at substantially its longitudinal center is provided with the upstanding stud or block 9 having edisposed therethrough the opening 10 ex :tending longitudinally of the boot or pad and has in threaded engagement therewith the shank 11, the rear extremity of which is provided with'a conventional head 12. The

shank 11 is loosely directed through a perforate ear 1 1 upstanding from a plate 15 adapted for sliding movement longitudinally of the boot or pad and having its opposite end portion provided with an extension 16 terminating in the upstanding lug or lip 17 adapted to bear against the adjacent edge of the shoe A at the toe portion thereof and serves as a medium whereby the boot or pad may be effectively calmped in its applied position, in a manner which is believed to be self-evident. The plate 15 is provided with a cut-out portion 18 through which the stud or block 9 projects, said opening being of such dimensions as to readily permit the requisite movement of the plate longitudinally of the boot or pad. The forward marginal portion of the plate 15 and the extension 16 thereof are provided with the elongated longitudinally disposed slot 19 through which is loosely directed an upper portion of a rivet or other headed member 20, said rivet or member 20 also serving as a means for maintaining the forward strap 3 in applied position. I also find it advisable to interpose between the head 12 and the upstanding ear 14: an expansible member 21 of conventional construction and for a purpose which is believed to be self-evident. I

It is thought to be clearly obvious, in view of the foregoing, that in order to apply or remove my improved boot or pad, it is only necessary to axially adjust the shank 11 in the requisite direction.

From the foregoing thought to be obvious that an anti-slipping attachment for horseshoes constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some changeand modification without material departure from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be un'derstood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and' formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice.

I claim:

1. A boot of the character described provided with spurs at its toe portion adapted to overlie the hoof of an animal, a plate adjustably carried by the boot and adapted to engage the inner edge of the shoe at the toe portion thereof, said plate being provided with an opening, a block carried by the boot and projecting through the opening of the description, it is plate, a headed shank adjustably engaged with the block, and an upstanding perforate ear carried by the plate through which the shank is loosely directed and with which the head of the shank is adapted to coact to imllpart movement to the plate forwardly of the dot.

2. A boot of'the. character described provided with spurs at its toe portion adapted to overlie the hoof of an animal, a plateadjustably carried by the boot and adapted to engage the inneredge of the shoe at the toe portion thereof, means for imparting movement to the plate forwardly thereof, said platebeing provided with an elongated'slot extending in the direction of -movement thereof, and a projection carried by the boot extending within the slot of the plate whereby the movement of the plate is confined to a substantially fixed path of travel.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIELL w. sYLvEsTER;

Witnesses F. L. CARROLL, V S. W. EVANS.

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